It's an honor to see leaders in the community share such powerful testimonies. We can't begin to express our gratitude to Pa Ousman Joof of Washington West African Center, Siobhana McEwen of Southwest Washington Equity Coalition, and Dr. Chauné Fitzgerald of Washington African American Chamber of Commerce and Women of Wisdom -WOW TriCities for sharing their experiences during the panel and painting a more complete picture for policy makers. We'd also like to thank our friends Zeke Smith of Empire Health Foundation and Seth Kirby of Greater Tacoma Community Foundation for speaking on the philanthropy panel in Olympia. You can see the video of the session with both panels starting at the 17 minute mark at this link: https://tvw.org/video/house-state-government-tribal-relations-2025041109/?eventID=2025041109 (fb)

Farm workers have a long history of organizing power to fight systemic inequities. Familias Unidas por la Justicia is building community power to continue that fight and protect farm worker rights in North West Washington. Read more about their efforts and the experience of farm workers under the H-2A program in this article from The [F]Law. (fb)